The UK’s first large scale Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) Fund, from social impact investment company Resonance, has achieved a first close of £1.3m and it...
A series of Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) funds across UK cities are set to launch and offer both a social and financial return, the funds...
Despite government incentives and research suggesting appetite for social impact investing, the UK is lagging behind European counterparts in the area, according to a survey. In...
The government has described the UK as the “most advanced social investment market”, in its 2014 progress update which looks at how the market is growing...
The Financial Promotion Regime, which regulates the marketing of small-scale investments, risks “stifling” growth in social investment because of the barriers it is creating, according to...
Harvey McGrath, chairman of the Big Society Capital, has described social investment as a genuine “alternative and sustainable” way to fund work that benefits communities and...
A community-owned solar project seeking to raise nearly £2.5m has reached the £1m milestone. The money raised will build a solar farm on the site of...
Investors have less than a month left to invest in energy co-op Gen Community’s latest share offer. The goal is to raise £880,000 to fund the...
Local councillors and MPs will be asked to support the social economy on Tuesday, when the Social Economy Alliance prepares to kick off a campaign to...
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The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) offers tax relief to investors buying shares in smaller high-risk trading companies. It is designed to encourage investment n companies that...
Social enterprises could receive a boost in 2014, after the government laid out its plans to extend tax relief benefits to social enterprises in a bid...
Nesta, a charity that gives innovative ideas a platform, has announced its first social investments, totalling over £2m. The organisation has also predicted that social investment...
The government has revealed details of the social investment tax relief, which aims to encourage investors to consider the social impact of their investments as well...
Chancellor George Osborne announced in the autumn statement that investors are to receive tax relief when they invest in social enterprises and social impact bonds. However,...